Washing-machine



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WASHING MACHINE. Y No. 302,532. Patented-July 22, 1884.

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lNiTED STATES ATENT @Frisia PETER GERARDY AND VATSON W. ROTE, OF CARTER GREEK, KANSAS.

VwAsi-uuc-MACHINEQ SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,532, dated July 22, 1884.

Application filed July 9, 1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PETER GERARDY and WAtrsoN W. ROTE, citizens of the United States, residing at Carter Creek, in the county of Clay and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined WashingMachines and Feed-Cookers; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of-referen'ce marked thereon, which formV a part of this specification.

` Our invention relates to improvements in washing-machines, and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of our machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectionof the furnace. Figa 5 is a perspective detail View of the clothes receptacle or basin. Fig. 6 is a detached section of 011e of the steam-flues thereof. Fig. i' is a perspective view of the furnace. Fig. 8 is a detached edge view of the agitator-operating mechanism. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the operating-wheel in detail; and Figs.` 10 and l1 are detached sectional views of the operating-wheel and the pinion, showing the former respectively in its vertical and' horizontal positions.

Our suds-box A is preferably mounted on legs A', and is provided with the top or lid A, which is hinged lat one end, fits at its opposite end down on opposite sides of the extension c of the end plate or board of theboX, as most clearly illustrated in Figs. l and 3. The suds-box is preferably made inclined on its inner walls, as shown, for the purpose o f holding the removable clothes receptacle, hereinafter described.

In the bottom of the suds-box we arrange the furnace B, which is composed of the firebox B and thc smoke-chamber B2, arranged parallel to and alongside each other, with an The furnace is made narrower than the suds-box, so that there is a water-space between the sides of the fire-box and the walls of the suds-boX, as shown in Fig. 2, and there is also a space between the end of the fire-box and the boX A, as well as between its under side and the bottom ofthe boX. Thus it will be seen the water which is placed in the box will entirely surround the furnace, utilizing all the heated surface thereof, and the space b between the fire-box and. smoke-chamber furnishes additional heating-surface, as will be readily understood. v

The fire-box is provided with a door, B, having damper b', so that the fire may be regulated, and the smoke-chamber is provided on its outer side with the nipple B4, to which the stove-pipe is connected. lt also has the door B5, through which the smoke-chamber may be cleansed.

The construction of the clothes receptacle or basin C is most clearly illustrated in Fig. 5. It is composed of the bottom C and the corner steam-dues G2, which are provided with the vent-pipes c, as will be described. The receptacle is tapered on its outer side to conl form to the inner walls of the suds-boX, and it is placed down in the same until its bottom C comes slightly above the furnace B. This loottom is depressed in the center, and is foraminous, or perforated with a series of holes, c', through which the water circulates, as will be ldescribed. The ilues C2 are made open at the bottom,communicatingwiththe furnace-cham ber, and are provided near their closed tops with vent steam-pipes c, which extend within the clothing-receptacle, as shown. The inner walls, C3, of the fines C2 are inclined inward from top to bottom, and with the bottom C form a convenient receptacle for the clothing, the inclined walls C3 causing it to fall onto the bottom C,wl1ere it is engaged by the agitator, hereinafter described. The inner faces of these fines or steam-passages, it will be seen, form, in connection with the sides of the casing, an approximately cylindricalformed washingchamber. The agitator presently described is conformed in diameter to this chamber, and in operation better results are secured than though the corners were left open, so the agi- IOO tator could not beat all the clothing. rlhe two flues arranged at the same end of the receptacle are connected near their upper ends by straps or bars G1, by which the receptacle can be removed from the suds-box when the lid A2 is turned back, as will be readily understood. This is convenient to' enable removal of the clothing being washed all at once, as well as to facilitate the discharge of the water 'from the suds-box when the discharge-pipe A3 is not employed, or the discharge thereof is not fast enough to suit the operator. rlhe agitator is preferably made of the four depending arms I), all cast together, of galvanized iron, and is provided with the shaft passed up through a suitable bearingY in the lid A2, and having the pinion D keyed on its upper end. Lugs E E are mounted on the lid A2 and arranged on opposite sides of the pinion D2. In these lugs E we journal the opposite ends of the frame F, between whose side bars, F', wej ournal the operating-wheel G. This frame F has a rocking or tilting motion in its bearings in the lugs E, so that the wheel G may be arranged in a vertical plane, as shown, Figs. l, 2, and 9, or in a horil zontal position7 as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. S, or full lines, Fig. 3. This wheel G is provided with a suitable handle, G and. its teeth G2 are formed on its periphery and curved around on the side or edge which comes next the pinion D2 when the wheel is raised to or toward a vertical position, as will be readily understood. By this construction the operator is enabled to -vary the position in which he works, and the labor of operating the agitator is accordingly decreased.

In the operation of the machine, it will be understood that the nipple B is connected by suitable pipe with a stove-pipe when the machine is used in the house, or has a suitable smoke-pipe attached when the machine is used in the open air. The iire is built in the fire-box, and the water pla-ced in the suds-box surrounds the furnace, and soon becomes heated, and the clothes are put in the receptacle C, and the agitator is operated, dashing the clothes from side to side. The water iiows back and forth through the holes c', and steam and water pour from the pipes c onto the clothing, and a thorough cleansing of the latter is accomplished.

Ve prefer to use our machine as a washer, as before described; but it will be understood that it could bc employed for various other purposes-such, for instance, as the cooking of food for horses, cows, &c., for which it would be of good service.

By combining the water-heating devices and the washing mechanism the machine is made portable, and can be operated in the open air, which is of great advantage in the summer months, as it avoids the heating of the house by the hot fires necessary to heat sufficient water to properly wash the clothing.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of a suds-box, a suitable cover or cross-bar whereby a bearing for the agitator-shaft is provided, the agitator-shaft, a pinion secured on said shaft, the drive gearwheel having teeth formed on its periphery and extended around on one of its side faces, as described, and a pivoted bearing frame supporting'said drive-gear, whereby it may beoperated in a horizontal, vertical, or any intermediate an gie, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our si gnatu rcs in presence of two witnesses.

PETERy GERABDY.

VATSON XV. ROTE.

Vitnesses:

JAMES Hoei N, C. WiiL'roN. 

